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Optical Imaging  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The use of light interaction (scattering, absorption, and fluorescence) with biological tissue to obtain morphologically based information. It includes measuring inherent tissue optical properties such as scattering, absorption, and autofluorescence; or optical properties of exogenous targeted fluorescent molecular probes such as those used in optical MOLECULAR IMAGING, or nontargeted optical CONTRAST AGENTS.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JXGQWSXN-W

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